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Life of Cellini

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Life of Cellini
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Cellini, Benvenuto. THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Edited and translated by John Addington Symonds. New York: Brentano's, 1906. Two volumes. 8vo, contemporary red full morocco; covers intricately paneled with six gilt fillets; spines with five raised bands, four resulting compartments decorated with gilt fillets in geometric arrangement, others lettered in gilt; gilt turn-ins; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; silk marker. xxix, (1), 359, (1) + vii, (1), 386, (2) pages; 40 plates with tissue guards. Bindings rubbed, but sound and still attractive. Near fine. The famous autobiography of this important Italian artist and medallist, as translated into English by John Addington Symonds.